zabbix-cli.py

zabbix-cli.py can be run on system-utils.uninett.no to fetch various info from Zabbix.

$ zabbix-cli.py -h
usage: Zabbix cmd line client [-h]
                              {login,get-items,dump-vkilo,get-item,
                              get-web-tests,get-unreachable,get-hosts,
                              noicy-nodes,check-kind,find-empty,
                              get-triggers}
                              ...

positional arguments:
  {login,get-items,dump-vkilo,get-item,get-web-tests,get-unreachable,
  get-hosts,noicy-nodes,check-kind,find-empty,get-triggers}
                        Command
    login               login
    get-items           Get script items
    dump-vkilo          Get verktøykasse ILO config
    get-item            Get item by ID
    get-web-tests       Get Web tests
    get-unreachable     Get unreachable hosts
    get-hosts           Get hosts
    noicy-nodes         Find hosts with most events
    check-kind          Find hosts that are not registerted in kind
    find-empty          Find empty host groups
    get-triggers        List triggers

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
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You need to login and get a token for access:

$ zabbix-cli.py login
Username: <yourusername>
Password:

Token will be stored in ~/.zabbixauth. You will then have access to the data this user is authorized to see.

Example listing out all triggers with severity disaster (or higher):

$ zabbix-cli.py get-triggers --severity disaster
Triggers with severity disaster or higher:
 - disaster agora.uninett.no (liferay-service.trofast.uio.no): http://agora.uninett.no er nede eller har problem med innlogging
 - disaster uninett.box.com: http://uninett.box.com is not returning HTTP Status Code 200
 - disaster www.ecampus.no: www.ecampus.no is not responding on http port 80.
 - disaster UNINETT_SNMP_NetApp: Global Status problem
 - disaster foodl.org: http://foodl.org is not working as expected
 - disaster nova-iaas: No upstream connectivity on Nova routers
...